Apple changes to App Store review policy worry developers

Ars Technica by Erica Sadun | May. 9, 2009 (News Report)

Apple sent shock waves through the iPhone developer community Thursday when it announced that it would start exclusively reviewing applications using the iPhone 3.0 firmware. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Joey Baker - May 9, 2009 - 12:46 PM PDT
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Edited by: Joey Baker - May 9, 2009 - 12:46 PM PDT

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Joey Baker
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 by Joey Baker - May. 9, 2009

Good reporting, with a valid ax to grind, but perhaps would have been good to have a comment from apple besides the press release.

Here's the advantage of having an integrated solution – no worries about incompatible software.

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - May. 10, 2009

Many questions are highlighted for Apple App developers with few or no answers for them.

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